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What fiction or autobiographies are people here currently reading?

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What fiction or autobiographies are people here currently reading? I find it interesting to hear what others are currently reading and why.

I have recently been reading Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill, originally published in 2017 and shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2018 science fiction book of the year. Yes, it came out before Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir in 2021, but I also sometimes read novels from the early and mid 20th century.

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  • read a long time ago "The Autobiography of Captain Janeway" - Captain Janeway is a Character in Star Trek: Voyager for those who don't know

  • in reply to pinkchocoholic

    Got it, more like a fan chatting than analysing.

    I remember picking up Best Destiny by Diane Carey back in the 1990s, and it stuck with me in a way a lot of Trek books didn’t. It takes Kirk out of that polished captain image and drops you in with him as this restless, slightly lost teenager, long before Starfleet ever shaped him into anything.

    His dad, George Kirk, takes him aboard an early Enterprise, with Captain Robert April in charge, and it starts off feeling like just a trip. But it turns into something else entirely. You can sort of feel those moments landing, even if Kirk doesn’t fully see it yet, like the beginning of the person he’s going to become.

    That’s the bit that really stayed with me. You’re seeing him before the swagger, before the certainty, when he’s still figuring himself out. Not a legend yet, just a young man trying to find his place, and you can almost spot the pieces of the future Kirk starting to click into place.

    It kind of reminds me of the Kelvin timeline version at the start, that rebellious streak, but it’s not the same thing at all. That Kirk’s all chaos, stealing cars and running from the law. This one feels quieter, more internal, like he’s being pulled towards something rather than just lashing out.

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  • in reply to pinkchocoholic

    Got it, more like a fan chatting than analysing.

    I remember picking up Best Destiny by Diane Carey back in the 1990s, and it stuck with me in a way a lot of Trek books didn’t. It takes Kirk out of that polished captain image and drops you in with him as this restless, slightly lost teenager, long before Starfleet ever shaped him into anything.

    His dad, George Kirk, takes him aboard an early Enterprise, with Captain Robert April in charge, and it starts off feeling like just a trip. But it turns into something else entirely. You can sort of feel those moments landing, even if Kirk doesn’t fully see it yet, like the beginning of the person he’s going to become.

    That’s the bit that really stayed with me. You’re seeing him before the swagger, before the certainty, when he’s still figuring himself out. Not a legend yet, just a young man trying to find his place, and you can almost spot the pieces of the future Kirk starting to click into place.

    It kind of reminds me of the Kelvin timeline version at the start, that rebellious streak, but it’s not the same thing at all. That Kirk’s all chaos, stealing cars and running from the law. This one feels quieter, more internal, like he’s being pulled towards something rather than just lashing out.

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